What Could Happen With Lafayette Square Mall? A Lot, or Maybe Not?
Posted by Kevin Kastner in New Development on Nov 26th, 2019 | 23 comments
Last week, news broke that the property containing Lafayette Square Mall was for sale. Most of the mall has been struggling or vacant for years. But I want to focus on the land. This is a huge chunk of land that is basically 100 percent hardscape.
How much land is this? I’ve overlaid the selected parcels onto the downtown imagery for perspective.
It stretches from the downtown Kroger at Michigan/Capitol all of the way to City Way at Virginia/Louisiana. This is a massive, massive property.
So, what can be done with it? First of all, Lafayette Square was built with the car in mind. However, there...
